Iulia Cimpan, BACP

Iulia Cimpan is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has three years of volunteering experience in the United Kingdom supporting people through stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and career difficulties. Her manner is warm and respectful, focused on listening and building a trusting conversation.

She takes an integrative approach and emphasises a person-centred way of working. That means sessions are shaped around what each person needs and how they prefer to talk about things. Iulia aims to create space for people to make sense of their feelings and consider possible steps forward.

In practice she helps people talk through worries about work and workplace relationships, cope with loss, and address issues around self-worth and motivation. She also pays attention to attachment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, guilt and shame, and identity questions that arise from multicultural backgrounds.

Sessions tend to be straightforward and practical. Conversations explore patterns in daily life, communication problems, and what matters most to the person. Iulia supports people in clarifying goals and trying out small changes between sessions.

Her approach suits someone who wants a calm, non-judgemental space to think things through. People who value an adaptable style, with a focus on being heard and understood, often find this way of working helpful.

Approaches that shape online counselling

Person-centred counselling places the person's experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist listens closely, mirrors what is said and helps the person identify their own goals. This approach is helpful for people who want a supportive space to explore feelings and build self-understanding.

An integrative approach blends ideas from different therapeutic techniques to suit the person's needs. That might mean focusing on communication skills one week and on managing stressful routines the next. It is useful when concerns span emotional, relationship and work-related areas.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about what feels helpful and adapt the way they work as goals change. This is a collaborative process, with decisions made together about what to try and what to review.

Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling easier to fit into daily life. Video calls are close to an in-person conversation, phone sessions can be lighter on bandwidth, live chat suits short check-ins and messaging works for ongoing contact between longer meetings. These options give flexibility for different schedules and communication preferences.